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The Athletic Girl and the Burglar, No. 1
(1905) United States of America
B&W : 103 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: [?] ? [the athletic girl], [?] ? [the burglar]

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 3 May 1905 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H60295]. Released May 1905. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / The production was shot on 26 April 1905.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] A strong twentieth century damsel arriving home after her evening walk proceeds to take her usual exercise with the dumb-bells and chest weights. She is interrupted by a burglar who has effected an entrance while she was out. She catches him just as he is about to leave and proceeds to deal with him herself. With the assistance of an iron dumb-bell she has him thoroughly subdued and ready for the police in very short order.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Criminals: Burglars

Listing updated: 1 September 2009.

References: Niver-Early p. 16 : ClasIm-301 p. 30 : Website-AFI.

 
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